Gun.



R. HAZELRIGG GUN.

APPLICATION FILED 00T. 30, X909,

Patented Jan. O. w11

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GUN.

APPLIOATION FILED 00T. so, 1909.`

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Ross HAZELRIGG, or OAKLATSLD, CALIFORN IA, ASSIGNOR 0F ONE-HALF TO WILLIAM R. THOMAS, OF OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA.

Application tiled October 30,

To oil whom it Imay concern: lie it known that I, 'Ross llazrmmco, citil ssen otl the United States, residing at Oale land, in the county ot' Alameda and State of California. have invented certain new and i useful Improvements in Guns, ot which the followingl is a specitication, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawing. f, This invention relates to toy guns, and' has l especialreterenee to two classes of toy guns; namely,-that class termed pop guns in which a cylinder, piston and piston rod with a handle are used, with acork inserted in one end of the cylinder, whereby when the pistonI is pushed into the cylinder, the air compressed thereby causes the-cork to'tiy ont of the month et' the cylinder. he other class of toy guns to which this invention relates is that class in which a gun Stock and barrel are provided with a rod actuated by a Spring', said spring-actuated rod bcingcon` l trolled by a trigger, and when set is adapted l to discharge tronrthe barrel ot the gun a stick or short rod by releasing the trigger.`

This invention' has for its object to provide an improved toy gun, combining both of the constructions reterredtoiin saidtwo classes of toy guns, and which may be used either as a pop gun or as a spring gun controlled by a trigger.

This invention further has for its object to provide a combined pop gun\and Spring actuated trigger gnn which is so constructed as to simulate a pumping, repeating magazine rifle, and to provide a mechanism by meansof which the missiles are prepared by theaction of the gun aml t'ed -into the barrel of the gun. Y c

Other Objects and advantages of this in.- vention will appeal' in the course of the ol, lowing specification.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a side view ot' a toy gun constructed in accordance with this invention. Fig. 2 is a similar view, partly in longitudinal section, and partly broken away. Fic. '9,- is a detailed view ot a portion of a gun in longitudinal Section, showing the tiring barrel, the cartridge feed reservoir tmd the moving1 them into the firingbarrel. ,'Fig. 4 isafbottoinv'iew ot theparts shown in Fig. r with l the cartridge? preparing and 1` teedA Fig. enlarged,

Specification of Letters Patent.

1 mechanism.

Patented Jan. 10, 1911.

1909. Serial No. 525,551.

detailed view., in longitudinal Section, O'f va. 55 portion ot the gun stock, showing a device t'or preparing the core from whichithe cartridgeare made. Fig. is an end View thereof, in vertical section, on the line @v -w, of Fig. 5. Fig. 7 is a side view with one end 60 broken oll' ot the cylinder shown in Fig. 5 for preparing the core.v Fig. 8 is a. cap adapted to close the structure shown in Fig.

l Fig. t) is an enlarged view, in longitud1- nal suction, ot a gun constructed in accordance with this invention, with the stock removed, showing the spring mechanism an triggcrtor operatingr the piston. Fig. lO-is an end view, in transverse -section, taken on the line 22, Fig. t). Fig. 11 is an'end View, 70 in transverse. section, taken on the line y-jlh Fig. i). Fig. 12 is an end view, in transverse section, taken on the line :v -w, Fig. 9. Fig.

1? is a detailed' view, i'n longitudinal section, showing a portion ot the trigger' tripping `75 Fig. t4 is a detailed View, in

' longitudinal section, showing a. portion of the spring-actnattal mechanism. Fig. 15 is a detailed view showing the' piston rod connection. Fig. 16 is a bottom view showing a. s() movable cam on the piston. i" A` ln carrying ont the invention, the gun is formed with a stock l, on which is suitably mounted a cylinderQwhich projects into and leleseoln-.s4 with a cylinder 2 provideld with a .85 discharge barrel 4l. tapering inwardl toward its forward end. Beneath the barrel 4 is located a detachable cartridge feedl reservoir 5 which is open at its inner end and contains a eompressilile coil spring t3 having a head 90 7 at its inner end. The cartridge feed lreseri voir 5 hasl its inner end'monnted in a oylinv drieal Aprojection 8 of the gun. 'l`he'innerI end ot said 'cylinder 8 and the inner end of the reservoir 5 coinciding with'each other 95 project into a chamber 9 located beneath the `rear end portion, of the gun barrel 4. Mounted in saidgnn barrel l is a piston 10 having a flat. piston y rod 1t extending through said barrel and' through an opening 100 12in a partition 13 in the Jforward eiid of the cylinder 2, said rod 11 being (it-xn- 'neeted at itsrear end to a diSlc 14 inthe cylinder 2. Mounted on the rod 11 is a cam i 1? which has a. limited slidahle movement l0 thereon .-by. means of afpin 16 extending thrimglragslot '17in the. rod ll, thc-'latter heing torna-,dwithshoulders 18 which servdto limit the movement of the cam 15 in either direction. I

In using` the gun, lozenge-shaped missiles are preferably from potato. ln order to provide the potato ammunition, the stock of the gunis formed in its rear end with a longitudinal, cyliinllrical slot 19 in which is located a central, fixed rod 2O which serves as a receptacle for a tube 21 having at one en'd asharp edge 22, said tube 21 being adapted to be housed in the cylindrical slot 19 and inclosed by a cap 23 which is adapted to be fitted-into the outer end of the slot 19. The tube 21 is used to form a core of potato by' pressing it into the potato. The core or potato so formed then inserted into the reservoir 5 and pushed into the sameagainst the spring (i, compressingthe latter.

tato core will always project beyond the inner end of the reservoir 5, the spring 'G continually feeding the core forward about the size of the lozenge-shaped missile 7 against stops (S1, as shown in Fig. 3.

In order to out ott the lozenge-shaped missiles or disks one ata time,`and feed them to the tiring barrel, the following means is provided: Vit-hin the chamber 9 'are located a pair of bellcrank levers S24 which are connected at their outer ends with a cross piece 25 serving as a knife and movable across the inner. end of the reservoir 5. Between the bell crank levers 24 is pivoted a bell crank lever 2G which has at its outer end a plate 27 located beneath the knife 25. Then the telescoping members of the gun are drawn apart, the pist-on 10 and the piston rod 11 will be drawn back in the tiring barrel 4, the rod 11 carrying with it the cam 15 until it is stopped by the stop 18,- when it `"fii engage the bell crank levers 24 and cause them to tilt, thereby raising the knife 25 and cutting olf a projectingend of the potato core in the reservoir 5. The cam15 moving still farther engages' the bellcranklever 26, and thereby tilts it, raising the plate v 27 and on it the piece of potato core out o by the knife 25 and sending it into the bar-Y rel 4 and through the action of the sliding cam holding -it in front of the piston 10. The front end of the barrel 4, in the first instance, shaped piece of potato core, andwhen the tclescoping sections of the gun are pushed together, the air compressed between the potato cartridge and the piston 10, and the potato missile inthe outer'end of the barrel, causes the latter to fly out, and the potato missile next to the piston 10 to .be brought to the mouth ofthe barrel by the forward movement of the piston. In the next operation of loading thc gun, as the piston 10 is drawn back to receive a fresh potato missile moved up in -front of it, there will employed and may be made I The reservoir 5 being set 1n place in the cylinder S, one end of the po has inserted therein a lozenge be a potato missile at the front end of the barrel and a second otato missile in front of the piston 10; therefore, as a fresh potato missile is repeatedly. fed.` to the barrel, there will always'be a potato missile left in the mouth of the barrel after the gun has been fired. The gun is'fred by the rearward movement of the cylinder 3.

'Iwenty-eightv (28) is a hand-hold, prefsaid rod. 29 being mounted in the disk 14,

as shown in Fig. 15, tocause said disk to .turn .when the rod is turned and also to permlt the disk 14 to move longitudinally on said rod. o Thejinner'end of the rod 11 is swiveled to the disk 14 by means of a pin 11', said. disk 14 having depending therefrom ,a projection 12 shown in Fig. .11, which is adapted to move into'and out of engagement with a slot 13 in a projection l 14 see Fig. 10) on the inner telescoping cylinder. The rod 29 projects through the tube 30, said tube being closedfat its forward end about the rod 29 so as to permit longitudinal but not transverse: relative movement. The rear end of the tube 30 is formed with a disk portion 31,-which 'is -mounted in the inner cylinder 2.and has a luv 32 projecting through a-slot in the c lin er 2, as shown in Figs. 11` and 12. etween the disk-shaped portion 31 and 'the vdisk 14 is located a coil spring 33, surrounding the casing 30 and the rod 29, and secured at the point 34 to the cylinder 2.

Hinged to the outer portion of the cylinder 3 by means of a pivot pin 35 is a rod 3G which 1s provided w1th a lug or projection 37 adapted to engage 'with the lug 12 of the disk 14, and is heldin engagement therewith by a spring 38. The rear end of the rod 36 is formed with a projection 39 which is adapted to engage a projection 40 on the inner side of the cylinder. 2. rThe arm 41 of a trigger 40 4controlled by a. spring 42 bears upon the end of the rod 36, and, by pulling on the trigger is adaptedjto' push the projection 39 and the end of the rod' 36 out ofl When itis dcsiredtonse the gun as a then itis desired to use the gun as spring. ay

spring trigger actuated gun, the disk 1l is movedby means of the projection 3f.) to cngage the lng 3T and the spring 32B is coinpres'sed by the pumping or telescopic action of Athe cylindrical portions ot' the gun. a pop ot' the gun, by engaging the projection l2 disk 14C in the slot 1?/ otthe' projection lJ/,v

the gun may be used as a pop gun.

that I claim is:

1. A toy gun of the character described, comprisi-ig`a-stock' and teleseopiiig cylii1- ders, a bai-rel forming'a partv of one oli said Cylinders, a piston in said barrel and piston rod iii said barrel and cylinders and means for moving said piston rod into and out of connection with one ot' said c vlinders against longitudinal movement iii said cylinder, a spring for operating said piston rod, means for moving said rod into and out of operati'vecon-ne'ctioii ywith thc inner cylinder, and a tripping device and trigger for releasing -said spring. t

2. Ina toy gun of the character described, a stock and telescoping cylinders, a barrel forming a part. of one of said cylinders, and

a piston in said barrel and piston rod iii said barrel and cylinders and means for moving said piston rod into and out of connection with one of said cylinders against longitudinal movement in said cylinder. A

3. In a toy gun of the character described, a stock and te-lescoping cylindersfabarrel tapering toward its muzzle forming a part,-

ot one of said cylinders, and a piston in said barrel and piston rod in said barrel and cyliiidei's and means for moving said piston rod into and out of connection Vith one of said cylinders against longitudinal movementiii said cylinder.

4. A toy gun of the character described, coniprisii v dei's, a bai'rel- Vtoi-ming a part ot' one ot said cj-lindei-s, a piston in said barrel and piston rod in said barrel and cylinders and ineaiis 'for moving said piston rod into and out of connection with one ot said cylinders against longitudinal movement iii said cylindei, a spring for operating said piston rot means for moving .said rod into and ont ot' operative connection with the. inner cylinder, -a tripping device and trigger for releasing said spring. a disk feed reservoir,

A t0,\" Ii-,Iii of the character described comprising a stock and telescoping cylinders. a barrel forming a part ot" one of said cylinders. a piston in said barrel and piston rod in said barrel and cylinders. a spring for operating-said piston rod. means tor moving Vsaidrod iii-to and outl ot voperative connection ivith tliiii'i'nercylinder. a tripping device and trigger for i'elising-said reservoir adapted vto receiveia core"V means 'in said resei'yi'i'r tor gradually feeda stock and telescopiiig cylin-` t ing the core l'or\vard means for cutting olf the disk at the end otfsaid core, and means l'or moving said disk into the barrel.

t3. A toy gun of the character described,

ders. a barrel forming a part of one oty said cylinders, a. piston in said barrel and pistio'ii rijd in said barrel and cylinders, a spring for operating said piston rod, means tripping device and trigger for releasing said spring, a reservoir adapt-cd toreeei've a coi-c`v means in said reservoir for feeding said device. having a knife. movable across the mouth ofsaid reservoir, abell crank'lever having a shelf movable acrssthegiiouth of said reservoir and adapted'to caiiyfr`. utI

a stock andtelescoping cylinders, a barrel forming a part ot iiider, apiston-and piston rod in said barrel, said piston rod extendinginto the inner telescopiiig cylinder, a` lgripping adapted to receive a cere, means in .said i'eservoir for giadnall)1 'feeding .sa-id core forahle tripping device on the piston rod to raise the knife, cutting ottn a disk from the core. a second bell crank lever device adapted to receive. said disk and naive it into thel adapted to he acted npon hy said tripping device.

9. In a toy gun of the character described, a stock and telesroping cylinders. a barrel ton-and piston ii`d`iii-said barrel. said piston rod extending into the iimer cylinder, a disk rotatably connected with said piston riidand having a projection adapted to engage the inner c vlinder. I disk :nd adapted to he compressedfthereby when said disk is not in engagement ivitli the inner cylinder. n ans for nioviuflsaid disk into and ontof tiigageincnt with the v` `innercylinderT a `hinge. device. adapted -to 13 disk -into the'barrel, said bell crank levers "315.

a part of the outer telescoping c yl- A der, a spring adapted to "be compressed for the outer telescoping cyldevice slidably D0 mounted on said piston rod, va reservoir' \\'ard,.a bell crank lever device having a i knife adapted to be actuated by said slid- 1] barrel, said second bell crank lever lieiiig.1

comprising a stock and telcscoping cylin- 70 for moving said rod into and out of opera'- 75 tive connection with the inner cylinder, a.

core gradually forward, a bellA crank lever gol 8. In a t'oy gun of the character described,

Trni'i'ng :s 'j'iart of the outer cylinder, a pis- 1 i v i v a coil spring adjacent to said 12E I t t i i i i engage said disk and lock it in position when the spring is compressed, and a trigger adapted to release the locking device from the disk and permit the spring to operate said piston rod.

vl0. In a toy scribed, n. stock gun ofv the character deand telescoping cylinders, :1

barrel forming a part of the outer cylinder,l

a piston in said barrel and piston rod in said .barrel and extending into the inner cylinder, :t disk in said inner cylinder and rotaitably connected with said rod and having :i lateral projection adapted to be moved into and out ot' engagement with the inner cylinder, a rod rigidly connected with said disk, a casing fastened tosaid rod and having a disk'shaped portion at oneend and a. lateral projection extending through the gun 'for rotating sind rod and casing, a-coil spring mounted on said casing, a hinged rod having a projection adapted to engage the and lock first mentioned lateral projection the same when the spring 1s compressed, and

Ross HAZELRIGG.

Witnesses H. C. SCHROEDER, F. P. Sonnonnnn. 

